The PDOIS received a letter from the organizers of the Raleigh Conference inviting the Secretary General of PDOIS to a Conference to be held in Raleigh North Carolina from the 18thto 20th May aimed at deliberating on strategies and
tactics on how to effect peaceful change in the Gambia .
The Central Committee of PDOIS met to review the invitation and came to the conclusion that two preliminary steps are necessary before such a meeting could take place in a manner that would yield the desired results of a national consensus on strategies and tactics for peaceful political change. First and foremost, the opposition at home had to arrive at a consensus on the way forward at the meeting or convey the wrong impression that they are so divided that they could not forge a United Front for Democratic change. Secondly, the Diaspora also had to meet and
develop a consensus on the way forward failing which opinions could be so divided at the meeting that theway forwardcould become illusive. Read more @http://gainako.com/?p=841
Consensus VS. Compromise.... take it away!!! folks
Demba